2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Lawrence of Not-Getting-Paid-bia

Lawrence Houghton bet and got a call on a jack-rag-rag flop, but his opponent folded when he fired out 3,800 on the {K-?} turn. A disappointed Houghton waved his pocket jacks around as the dealer pushed the small pot towards him.

Game Over, Gus Hansen

A stunned Gus Hansen remained in his seat for a few minutes after the dealer had killed his hand and pushed all of his remaining chips to Hansen's opponent. Hansen made a deep dive into the think tank, for several minutes, after his opponent shoved all in on the turn of a {A-?} {A-?} {6-?} {4-?} board. When Hansen re-surfaced, he called all in for less with {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts}. The bad news was that his opponent held {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}, leaving Hansen looking for an ace, a three or a four to remain in the tournament. The river, however, was a {10-?}.

"He looked like he was bluffing," Hansen sighed to nobody but himself. "He played it so strange..." With his voice trailing off, Hansen grabbed his 4 euro bottle of water and a copy of the latest Danish fiction that he had been reading between hands and wandered off.

Tags: Gus Hansen

Joe Ebanks' Bullets

All in on the river of {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {2-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} board , Joe Ebanks sat perfectly still and waited for his opponent to decide whether or not to call his 28,000 all-in bet. Eventually he did get a call, his opponent holding {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}. But Ebanks' {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} took the pot.

Tags: Joe Ebanks

Per Diem

Per Ummer has been getting in some favourable situations. Just now, a strange preflop series of bets led to a full double up:

Ummer flat called an early position raise, only to find another player min-reraising. The initial raiser then made it 7,600, and Ummer moved all in for 13,000 more. The min-raiser passed pretty much instantly. Weighing up the pot, and Ummer himself, the original raiser made the call. He swore gently when he saw his {9-Hearts} {9-Spades} were up against Ummer's {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts} . He was drawing dead by the {J-Diamonds} turn, and Ummer now has a healthy 50,000.

Tags: Per Ummer

More Trouble for ElkY

It's been a long Day 1b for Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. He just keeps very, very slowly bleeding off chips. He's down to 11,000 now after a recent confrontation that saw his opponent, who had him covered, move all in on the turn of a {4-Hearts} {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} {J-Hearts} board.

"Do you have a camera?" ElkY's opponent asked as ElkY contemplated his decision. "I'll take a picture and show you only. But I can't show anyone else."

ElkY open-mucked {k-Clubs} {k-Hearts} after another thirty seconds. His opponent asked a media member for a camera, but the dealer quickly scuttled that, saying that the "show one, show all" rule would apply even to a photo.

"Well, I can't do that," ElkY's opponent said. He surrendered his cards and raked in the pot.

Khan He Win It? Yes He Khan

Khan - mysterious
Khan - mysterious
Hevad Khan and another player went heads up to a {9-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} flop, and Khan bet out around 5,000. Call.

They saw a {9-Clubs} turn and this time Khan bet out 8,300. Again, a call.

They saw a {4-Clubs} river, and this time Khan wordlessly pushed his remaining 15,025 across the line in one neat stack. His opponent removed his sunglasses and asked for a count (it covered him) and then went into the tank long enough for me to get a bunch of chip counts from the next table over. Eventually the clock was called, but still no decision. The player timed out, and showed his folded {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. Commented another player at the table to Khan, "I'd have called just to see what you had."

Khan now up to 48,000.

Tags: Hevad Khan

Scrunching His Face Doesn't Help Sahamies

Ilari Sahamies has been furrowing his brow quite a bit at his table, but it hasn't helped him sort out how to accumulate the chips of his opponents. Sahamies furrowed his brow before check-calling a bet of 4,000 on a flop of {6-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. He furrowed again after checking the {J-Diamonds} turn and watching his opponent move all in for about 15,000.

Sahamies has appeared frustrated for most of the day. We can't recall seeing him significantly above the starting stack. He's currently rocking about 25,000.

Tags: Ilari Sahamies

Threeway Stalemate

David Williams
David Williams
Still not much movement on the table in the center of the room with David Williams, Michael Binger and Nenad Medic. Their stacks haven't budged more than a few thousand in either direction for the last few hours.

Williams did just pick up a small pot by firing on every street. Williams raised preflop to 1,100 and got two callers, one of whom stuck with him through bets of 2,500 on the flop and 5,500 on the turn. With the board showing {K-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} at the river, Williams fired three yellow (T5,000) chips across the betting line. His opponent tanked for a minute before mucking what he said was {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs}.

"If you had checked, I might have shoved the river," he told Williams. Williams had no response as he added the pot to his stack. He's now up to 88,000.

Tags: David Williams

The Luck of the Fry-rish

Perhaps as payback for the earlier set-vs-flush-draw hand that doubled up Will Fry, Benjamini Kang has now doubled through the Fryster.

Fry raised and Kang shoved. Said Fry, "Ooh, I really feel like folding this," but he called instead.

Fry: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}
Kang: {K-Spades} {K-Clubs}

Board: {9-Spades} {9-Hearts} {5-Spades} {7-Hearts} {2-Clubs}

Fry: "Wish I'd folded."

Kang now up to 23,000.

Tags: Benjamin KangWill Fry